15thc. in Northern Europe Vocab Flashcards Preview

Quatrocento

The cultural and artistic events of 15th century Italy; encompasses the artistic styles of the late Middle Ages (most notably International Gothic) and the early Renaissance. (1400s)

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International Gothic Style

a phase of Gothic art which developed in Burgundy, Bohemia, France and northern Italy in the late 14th century and early 15th century; artists and portable works such as illuminated manuscripts traveled widely around the continent, creating a common aesthetic among the royalty and higher nobility and considerably reducing the variation in national styles among works produced for the courtly elites.

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Flamboyant Style

a florid style of late Gothic architecture in France from about 1350 in France until superseded by Renaissance architecture during the early 16th century.

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Beautiful Style

In painting and sculpture, the style is sometimes known in German as the "Schöne Stil" or "Weicher Stil" ("Beautiful style" or "Soft style"). Stylistic features are a dignified elegance, which replaces monumentality, along with rich decorative colouring, elongated figures and flowing lines.

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Donors

a portrait in a larger painting or other work showing the person who commissioned and paid for the image, or a member of his, or (much more rarely) her, family.

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Woodcut woodblock

type of relief print, using a gouge

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Etching engraving

type of intaglio print using a graver

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Printmaking

making of pictures and designs from specially prepared plates or blocks

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Movable type

system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document

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Intalgio

ink is pressed into the engraving to make the image

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Tapestry

multicolored decorative weaving meant to be hung on a wall or placed on furniture

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Embroidery

decoration of a previously existing matieral

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Bestiary books

book that describes characteristics, uses, and meaning illustrated by moralizing tales about real and imaginary animals

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Altarpiece

work of art usually painted on wood set above and behind an altar

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Gouge

tool used for carpentry and sculpture

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Gravers/Burin

tools used for intaligo

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Reliquary

container, often made of precious materials, used as repository to protect and display sacred relics

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Secular

not sacred or relating to religion

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Oil paint

paint made of pigment ground in oil

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Book of Hours

illuminated, Christian devotional book

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Crocket

container, often made of precious materials, used as repository to protect and display sacred relics